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Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. @0,462, dated November 3, 1863."

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN BEEBY EDMOND- SON, of the city of Manchester, railway-ticket manufacturer, and J AMES CARSON, of the same place, foreman, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Dating Railway or other Tickets; and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the construction of our invention or improved ticket dating or stamping press we have dispensed with the usual inking-tape, which, while saturated or provided with printing-ink, has been caused to pass between the ticket to be dated and the face of the type from which such ticket is to be imprinted, and We have substituted therefor an iuking apparatus of a different character-that is to say, we have so arranged and combined with the press-frame, the swing-frame, and the striking-plate or striker, an inking-roller; that such roller will be so operated by the Inovements of the striking-plate as to be moved against and olif t-he printing surface or fac-e of the type, causing ink to be imparted to the type preparatory to each imprint given thereby. We have also applied to and arranged with the type an elastic spring or cushion in the manner and to operate as hereinafter described; and, furthermore, we have on our said press a peculiar means of supplying the inking roller with ink, such inking apparatus being arranged in such manner that the roller, during its movement away from the type or types, shall roll in contact with'the inking surface or flannel of the said apparatus.

ln the annexed drawings, Figure l on Sheet 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 a side view, and Fig. 3 a plan view in section of a dating-press to which our improvements are applied.

a is the stand or frame, which, when the press maybe in use, is to be fiXed to the bench or table of the clerk who issues thetickets. The type for marking the month and date or other details on the ticket is placed at b, and

is secured by the bridle c, as usual. Behind the type is a pad of vulcanized india-rubber, d, or other suitable elastic material, to allow the type to yield when the striking-plate is pushed forward with undue force for giving the impression to the ticket. This elastic pad brings the type back to its vertical position when the ticket is withdrawn. The type is inked after every operation by the roller e, supported in the lever f, whose fulcrum is at g. The ink for the roller e is contained in the receptacle h, which is made in the stand a. The interior of the receptacle is screwed to receive the plug t'. By turning this plug partly around, occasionally, a portion of ink will be forced through the slot J and the curved piece of flannel or other material k, on which it will be spread by the inking-roller e.

The ticket to be dated is placed, as row customary, on the striking-plate l, which is jointed to the swing-frame m. The lower end of the striking-plate Z is guided on the usual projection, n, and to it is xed a stud, o, taking into a fork of the lever f. When the swing-frame is pushed forward by the operator, to compress the ticket between the striking-platel andthe type b, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, the stud o moves the lever f into the position shown by dotted lines, and the roller` e then rolls under the flannel or other material k, which, being saturated with ink, as above described, imparts the ink to the roller e. On withdrawing the ticket, after-it has been dated, the swingframe and striking-plate drop by their own gravity, and bring the rollere into its original position, against the type, which is thus supplied with fresh ink. By this mode ofinking the type the saturated tape hitherto employed is dispensed With.

On sheet 2, Figs. 4, 5, and 6, we have represented a dating-press to which our improved inkingroller is applied, and in which a roller is employed containing the requisite letters and figures for indicating the month and the day. Most of the parts'in this dating-press, being similar to those `above described, are marked with corresponding letters of reference. The type-disks p are provided with twelve slots or apertures, in which the type are inserted or iixed. These type may be made of steelor other material, and they can easily be replaced when worn; whereas when the surfaces of the disks are engraved, as heretofore, any defect or injury in one letter or figure renders the whole disk imperfect.

Having thus sta'el the nature of our in- 2 40.462 www vention and described the manner of performing the same, we declare that what we claim herein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America,

1. The improved dating or stamping press, as not only provided with a swing-frame, fm, and a striking-plate or striker, Z, to operate together and with the type, as described, but as having an inking-roller, e, applied to the press-frame andthe striking-plate, substantially as and so as to be operated by the latter as specified.

2. The combination and arrangement of the elastic cushion or pad d, with the type or printing surface, and the striking-plate t, applied to and so as to be operated bya swinging frame, m, substantially as specified.

3. The improved dating-press as made, not only with the swing-frame m, the strikingplate or striker Z, and an inking-roller, e, ar-

ranged and combined together, and with type, (or-its equivalent,) as specied, but as provided with an inking apparatus or surface (for inking the type) so arranged as to be passed over by or in contact with the roller 'during its movement away from the type.

JOHN BEEBY EDMONDSON. JAMES CARSON.

Witnesses:

H. B. BARLOW,

Patent Agent, Manchester. JOHN PERKINs.

Draftsman, Manchester. 

